1. to regard or represent as better or more perfect than reality; to idealize excessively

Examples

• Many people overidealize their childhood memories.
• The documentary warned against overidealizing historical figures.
• She tends to overidealize romantic relationships from movies.
• Critics argued that the biography overidealized the politician’s legacy.
• It’s easy to overidealize a simpler way of life.
• The novel overidealized rural living while ignoring its hardships.